Wales is known for its castles and ruins which still stand impressively today, however a property that has been left to ruin for over 80 years is stealing their limelight. The once opulent Georgian mansion, named Baron Hill, stands without a roof and is entwined with vines and trees that have been left to take over the former home for almost a century.
The mansion joins a great list of ruins reminiscent of an earlier time, however, it fights valiantly for status as one of the grandest of the ruins available to see in North Wales. The Anglesey property, located within extensive grounds that today appear more like woodland, was built in 1612 by Sir Richard Bulkeley, an MP for Anglesey. He was also a member of one of the most prominent families in North Wales at the time.
Tragically, Bulkeley died just nine years later in 1621 and the property was never finished to his specifications which reportedly included a hall with short wings forming a U-shaped plan. Many remodels took place thereafter and in 1776, London architect Samuel Wyatt built a new house that enclosed the original Jacobean house within it. The new design was of a Neo-Palladian style which is evidenced in the curved facade of the current ruined building to the terraces, follies and balconies.
